Codebook for Study 1 Replication:

id: unique respondent identifier provided by Luc.id, character variable

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Experimental variables:

Manipulated variables:

communication: 'denial' or 'confession', character variable

scandal_sex: scandal seriousness condition, numeric variable ranging from 1-5

RECODED to factor variable with 5 levels:

1 --> affair
2 --> harassment
3 --> sexting
4 --> assault
5 --> rape

denial: binary numeric variable for communication type

0: apology
1: denial

scandal_party_congruence: partisan alignment of the respondent with the politician in the allegation, character variable

co-partisan/out-partisan/unspecified partisanship of politician

treat_mani: indicator for when the beliefs of the respondent in the allegations were elicited, character variable

control: prior to receiving the communication treatment
denial: after a denial stimuli
confession: after a confession stimuli

RECODED as 'response': factor variable with 3 levels:
control --> prior
confession --> apology
denial --> denial


Experimental outcomes:

likely: respondents' self-reported belief in the accusation, numeric variable 0-100 (100 max)

seriousness: respondents' perceived seriousness of the accusation, numeric variable 0-100 (100 max)

resign: respondents' support for the politician to resign, numeric variable 0-100 (100 max)


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Demographic variables provided by Luc.id panel:

exact_age: age of the respondent, numeric variable

gender: self-reported gender of the respondent, numeric variable, 1: Male, 2: Female

hhi: self-reported level of household income, numeric variable ranging from 1-24.
1: less than 14,999 $
2-18: increase by 5,000 $ in intervals (e.g. 2: 15,000 - 19,999 $)
19-22: increase by 25,000 $ intervals (e.g., 19: 100,000 - 124,999 $)
23: 200,000 - 249,999 $
24: above 250,000 $
-3105: Prefer not to answer

education: self-reported level of highest education, numeric variable ranging from 1-8

1: Less than HS
2: HS
3: Vocational, post HS
4: Some college, but nit finished
5: Associate's degree
6: Bachelor's degree
7: Master's degree
8: Doctorate degree
-3105: Prefere not to answer

ethnicity: self-reported ethnicity of the respondent, numeric variable ranging from 1-16

1: White
2: Black, or African American
3: American Indian or Alaskan Native
4: Asian Indian
5: Chinese
6: Filipino
7: Japanese
8: Korean
9: Vietnamese
10:Asian Other
11: Native Hawaiian
12: Guamanaian
13: Samoan
14: Other Pacific Islander
15: Some other ethnicity
16: Prefer not to answer

hispanic: if respondent is hispanic, numeric variable ranging from 1-15

1: No, not hispanic
2: Mexican
3: Cuban
4: Argentina
5: Colombia
6: Ecuador
7: El Salvador
8: Guatemala
9: Nicaragua
10: Panama
11: Peru
12: Spain
13: Venezuela
14: Other country
15: Prefer not to answer

